But hey, we won't have one of them wimmenfolks running the country.
@DrPsyBuffy
Naw, I’m going to call bullshit on all the “we didn’t understand what we were voting for” stories. They were told. They wanted their faces eaten.
"So you're going to eat my face, but it's going to be worse for Those People, right? Ok, cool."
@ThreeSigma @jamesbritt ^^ exactly. They wanted to make sure other faces were eaten first
Then the gamers Leopards promise cosmetic surgery and a better face.
@DrPsyBuffy I saw some "man on the street" interviews where they very patiently explained to a dozen Trumpsters that we'd pay the tariffs not the foreign countries, and everyone was bewildered... "The Economy" is a red herring, even if stock prices go up a few points.
@DrPsyBuffy in the UK we called this the Brexit aha moment. I'm sorry you're going through this too.
@sashabilton @DrPsyBuffy A lot of people still don't get it on Brexit, unless they or their workplace are *directly* affected, and then they suddenly do
@tomw
The thing is that a lot of measures are still in place that will change in 2025.
People from the EU wanting to go to London will have to pay a 10 pound fee to get an Electronic Travel Authorization. I'm assuming something similar will also be put in place for UK people wanting to visit the EU.
@tomw @sashabilton @DrPsyBuffy lol my brother and his whole family voted for brexit. Now he lost his job and still blames the migrants for it. Even when they visited us this summer, he still was convinced, that brexit was right and one could see in germany how worse it would be in EU. I mean, yep, we had Inflation as well and economy is bad, but it's still only 6% workless. The pain in the ass are renting prices, but he lives near London, so, well...
@petunientopf @sashabilton @DrPsyBuffy Yeah, people understand when it's like "oops, Brexit made it so we can't export this any more, you're all fired". Most Brexit effects are more indirect economic drag than that, so people don't put the blame there.
America might be getting a literal crash-course in economics, but most people are going to cut class.
@DrPsyBuffy
It's astonishing and very sad that when you tell people what a tariff really is, and how it will affect them/us, they call you a liar or a libtard. When you ask them "would you really vote for a convicted felon to run the country", they sincerely answer "yes". I'd love to say they deserve what they got - except that the rest of us don't!
"I had been saving for a new chair. The total cost was $575. I saved. I had it, going to order. it now costs $100 more... maybe next month, maybe not" - my Lower Back Pain because Trump's gonna hurt
@DrPsyBuffy Woah!!! Who knew the leopards would eat their faces? Who knew!!!
@DrPsyBuffy Very few folks get economics. Even otherwise well educated folks I know don't get it.
The amount of surprise and disbelief I get when I explain what I believe are obvious economics facts is really sobering to me.
We have utterly failed with educating folks in this area. The media does an absolute awful job explaining economics.
@DrPsyBuffy
Wait until produce prices skyrocket if he follows through on the deportations.
@JJKrawczyk It’s gonna be so much fun
@DrPsyBuffy The "find out" phase is going to be rough for a lot of people and probably for everyone.
@DrPsyBuffy why is this leopard eating my face!!!?
@DrPsyBuffy
people must understand that protectionism means protecting american *corporations*, not the workers
@DrPsyBuffy I’d like a source so this can be vetted. I’ve seen it a couple of times now but it’s stronger if we know who it’s from to verify veracity.
@DrPsyBuffy bahahahahahahaha.
@DrPsyBuffy
Uhh
I was wondering how long it would take post Jan for people to realise. I guess I was grossly wrong
@DrPsyBuffy so much finding out
@nev OMG I absolutely did not. Someone is imitating me on here. Holy shit
@nev Where did you see this? This is a screenshot and I don't see a copycat account on here.
@DrPsyBuffy I think this was photoshopped. The letter kerning of your @ handle is off around the ff’s.
@JoBlakely @DrPsyBuffy The "Samsung Smart Fridge" in the posting device field is also notable.
@DrPsyBuffy @violet_cerue This just… makes me so sad on multiple levels